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The hard-problem of consciousness might be the most ironic problem of all, because it may be that consciousness is the only thing that exists. https://en.m.wik
by wildermuthn 6y ago
The hard-problem of consciousness might be the most ironic problem of all, because it may be that consciousness is the only thing that exists.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism
I suppose you’d get the hard-problem of matter if that was the case? Or wouldn’t you? It seems that idealism doesn’t run into the same problem. It’s easy to see how matter could simply be simulated in consciousness (we feel that every day). Especially if individual consciousnesses are simply child processes of a parent consciousness. But it’s harder to see how consciousness comes from matter.
- sooheon 6y agoHow is this distinct from solipsism? > It’s easy to see how matter could simply be simulated in consciousness (we feel that every day) And we are incorrect or imprecise in these simulations all day, every day. For the physical world to depend on our consciousness (and not the other way around), it would have to be a lot more chaotic. The earth orbited the sun when humans believed otherwise, even when there were no humans to think one way or the other.